Section 5501.5 Of Chapter 3. Applications And Answers From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.
5501.5
. (a) The application for adjudication of claim shall be
filed in any of the following locations:
(1) In the county where the injured employee or dependent of a
deceased employee resides on the date of filing.
(2) In the county where the injury allegedly occurred, or, in
cumulative trauma and industrial disease claims, where the last
alleged injurious exposure occurred.
(3) In the county where the employee's attorney maintains his or
her principal place of business, if the employee is represented by an
attorney.
(b) If the county selected for filing has more than one office of
the appeals board, the application shall be filed at any location of
the appeals board within that county that meets the criteria
specified in subdivision (a). The written consent of the employee, or
dependent of a deceased employee, to the selected venue site shall
be filed with the application.
(c) If the venue site where the application is to be filed is the
county where the employee's attorney maintains his or her principal
place of business, the attorney for the employee shall indicate that
venue site when forwarding the information request form required by
Section 5401.5. The employer shall have 30 days from receipt of the
information request form to object to the selected venue site. Where
there is an employer objection to a venue site under paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a), then the application shall be filed pursuant to
either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a).
(d) If there is no appeals board office in the county where venue
is permitted under subdivision (a), the application shall be filed at
the appeals board office nearest the residence on the date of filing
of the injured employee or dependent of a deceased employee, or the
nearest place where the injury allegedly occurred, or, in cumulative
trauma and industrial disease claims, where the last injurious
exposure occurred, or nearest the location where the attorney of the
employee maintains his or her principal place of business, unless the
employer objects under subdivision (c).